British Airways (BA) has found that the Swiss work the most hours per week of all Europeans. A survey by YouGov, a polling company contracted by BA, of 6,000 Europeans found that 24 percent of Swiss residents work more than 45 hours per week, while a fifth of Italians work seven hours or less per […]
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Air Berlin lets passenger check in at train stations
Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Air Berlin has announced that its passengers can check their luggage in at more than 50 railway stations in Switzerland, get their boarding pass there and be assigned their seats as of 1 December. Air Berlin is Germany’s second-largest airline. Links to other sites: Air Berlin, CFF information on air/rail baggage […]
Swiss Alps welcome winter
Click on images to view larger Valais, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – There is one day every year when you know that winter has arrived: it can’t be defined clearly by a drop in the temperature or all the leaves suddenly disappearing or even by snow arriving, but it is tangible. Saturday 7 November, winter settled in, […]
How to convert measurements for American recipes
Converting measurements when using American recipes in Europe and abroad On the English Forum, someone recently asked for information about how to convert measurements from American and British cookbooks, which measure dry ingredients differently. In American cookbooks, for example, a recipe might ask for a cup of flour, whereas in European recipes it would ask […]
Morges-Lausanne autoroute signals system installed, work nears end
Morges / Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Workers have now completed a key part of the roadworks to widen the A1 autoroute between Morges and Lausanne thanks to a series of night closings. A system of 120 variable signs and 40 fixed ones have been put in place, a system with 8 kilometres of cables and […]